“Marquette has ended the year ranked lower than it did in the preseason under the 43-year old Coach K prodigy.”
And there is the prime reason why many of us are not sold on the current coach.
While technically true, some context is needed. In 3/5 of the years that MU finished below their KenPom ranking, they finished within 6 spots (2015, 2018, 2019) of the preseason ranking. You can call those underperforming years if you want, for me, that's playing to expectation. Which isn't a good thing, just not a bad thing.
2016 was a bad season. Personally, it didn't both me that much because it was early and I didn't expect to make the tournament that season anyway and that's what happened....though I expected them to be a little closer then they were. This past season was the first one that really bothered me. We should have been a top 5 seed and were heading that way before the sh*tshow ending.